Donovan Clingan is the best player in the Big East not a ridiculous honorable mentioned - LOL! Donovan stayed in the paint and dominated on both ends of the court. He threw outlet passes and beat his man down the court on fast breaks. He shot 75%, got rebounds, assists, points, blocks and impacted other shots.
All 5 starters and Samson Johnson hit double figures in a 27 point win. That group also evenly contributed rebounds, defense and assists. The Greek Freak’s stroke looked outstanding too at the end.
It is going to be a short post season if we come out lackadasical shooting 40% from the FT line and 28% from 3, as we did the first half. We had some stuff to clean-up at halftime and Danny Hurley certainly did.
We came out the second half driving to the basket, which we do when we play our best. Karaban made layups but then settle for a long missed three but then used his 3 ability to his advantage to start a drive.
But, even 5 minutes into the second half, not one of the five guys who attempted foul shots shot over 50% from FT.
When a team shoots 58% from 2 and 33% from 3. We need more shots from 2. Additionally, make the simple pass and not necessarily the spectacular Alley Oop pass. Our winning margin woukd have been 6-10 points higher if we avoided some of those 4 point turnaround type plays.
We led on rebounds by 15 and assists by 16. That has been a season long trend. Diarra and Johnson were great off the bench.
I am probably way to critical today but we are amazing when we play focus as we did for the second half and we should not settle for less. Love this team.
All 5 starters and Samson Johnson hit double figures in a 27 point win. That group also evenly contributed rebounds, defense and assists. The Greek Freak’s stroke looked outstanding too at the end.
It is going to be a short post season if we come out lackadasical shooting 40% from the FT line and 28% from 3, as we did the first half. We had some stuff to clean-up at halftime and Danny Hurley certainly did.
We came out the second half driving to the basket, which we do when we play our best. Karaban made layups but then settle for a long missed three but then used his 3 ability to his advantage to start a drive.
But, even 5 minutes into the second half, not one of the five guys who attempted foul shots shot over 50% from FT.
When a team shoots 58% from 2 and 33% from 3. We need more shots from 2. Additionally, make the simple pass and not necessarily the spectacular Alley Oop pass. Our winning margin woukd have been 6-10 points higher if we avoided some of those 4 point turnaround type plays.
We led on rebounds by 15 and assists by 16. That has been a season long trend. Diarra and Johnson were great off the bench.
I am probably way to critical today but we are amazing when we play focus as we did for the second half and we should not settle for less. Love this team.
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